Cost of capital effects and changes in growth expectations around U.S. cross-listings

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 428-454

  Hail, Luzi ^a   Leuz, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding hypothesis; Corporate governance; Cost of equity; International finance; Law and finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649173407     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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